One table duplicate bridge



o v United States atent [72] Inventors Francis W. Chamberlin Madison,Wis.; The First National Bank of Madison, Executor, Madison, Wis. [2]]Appl. No. 742,433 [22} Filed July 3, 1968 [45] Patented Dec. 29, 1970[73] Assignee Varigraph, Inc.

Madison, Wis. a corporation of Wisconsin [54] ONE TABLE DUPLICATE BRIDGE5 Claims, 9 Drawing Figs.

[52] U.S. Cl 273/149, 273/148 [51] Int. Cl A63i1/14 [50] Field of Search[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,418,020 5/1922 Reach273/l52.2 1,684,813 9/1928 Ward ..(273/152.2UX)

3,428,323 2/1969 Fried 273/l52.2 FOREIGN PATENTS 535,269 4/1941 GreatBritain 273/152.44

Primary Examiner-Anton O. Oechsle Attorney-Andrus, Sceales, Starke &Sawall ABSTRACT: An apparatus for facilitating a new game, whichsimulates for only four players, the play of duplicate bridge. Fourspecial hand indicia sheets have correlated sets of indicia thereon bywhich is governed each players selection of his particular set ofplaying cards so as to constitute a bridge hand among four players. Afifth indicia sheet has match point data thereon which may beselectively viewed by the players after play of each hand for comparisonwith previous expert play of the hand. Each player has a card case orblind, within which he places his hand indicia sheet, the card case orblind being constructed so that the indicia on the sheet is hidden fromthe other players. Each card case or blind includes masking pieces whichare selectively arranged to reveal only one set of indicia at a time tothe respective player so that he can make up his hand therefrom, andwhich are constructed so as to reveal consecutive sets of correlatedindicia by repetitive manual selection operations.

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It has become popular to play what is termed duplicate bridge."Normally, this is done in tournaments or duplicate clubs where allNorth-South pairs compete against each other score-wise although playingopposite the East-West pairs, and, likewise, the East-West pairs competeagainst each other generally upright position and the folding lid servesas a sup port stand. The case has a playing card cavity to which thescore-wise although playing opposite the North-South pairs.

Upon completion of all play, the game director will match point therespective scores of the players to determine a winner North-South and awinner East-West. Because duplicate bridge is truly competitive, and isnot dependent on the luck of holding good cards, more serious bridgeplayers have found the game to their liking.

Therefore, it was desired to develop a means of simulating duplicatebridge play forone table of four persons. The initial problemencountered was to make the game similar, to tournament duplicate bridgein bidding and play and at the same time to keep the means simple enoughfor the ordinary bridge player to enjoy.

Successful development of the game also required the invention of gamedevices and means of play which were inexpensive to produce, compact,and reuseable by the consumer. Yet, all of these requirements had to besatisfied without impairing the capability of full simulation oftournament duplicate bridge bidding and play.

SUMMARY OFINVENTION To answer these needs, the invention is directed tosimulating the best aspects of tournament duplicate bridge play in whichfour separate decks of regular playing cards are utilized.

For compactness, eachdeck is contained in a card case or blind which isalso utilized in the play of the game.

For purposes of making up bridge hands, a sealed envelope enclosing foursecrethand makeup sheets isincluded. Each hand makeup sheet has indiciathereon which serves to designate what cards each player should hold. Bycorrelation with the indicia on the other three hand makeup sheets,several complete bridge hands are indicated; The hand indications arearranged similarly on all four hand makeup sheets, and correspond toeach other was to enable construction of the hand by the players. Theenvelope, with seal broken in the presence of all four players, containsthe hand makeup sheets and is passed from right to left as the playbegins, and each player draws his hand makeup sheet from the top inaccordance with the prearrangement of the contents of the envelope. t

A fifth sheet, termed a score sheet," is arranged to bein the bottom ofthe envelope and contains thereon information relative to the results ofprevious play of the hands indicated by the hand makeup sheets. Thescore sheet is partially drawn out of the envelope at the end of play ofahand for purposes of the score sheet is drawn out of the envelope, itwill automatically reveal the data corresponding to the particular handplayed. The match point data has been compiled from the results of playof the identical hand as played by experts.

Although there are anumber of embodiments of the invention possible, thecard case and the blind are described in detail herein. Morespecifically, we refer to the card case embodiment. p 1

To facilitate the hand makeup of the game, the hand makeup sheet fitsinside a corresponding card case. Each player's card case is identi al,and has a folding lid which serves to cover the enclosed deck of playingcards when in storage. However, in playl the card,fcase is placed in ation.

corresponding hand makeup sheet is fitted so as to face the indiciathereon toward the player-and'hide' the same from the others.

Hand makeup is facilitated further by the inclusion of a twopiece set ofhand makeup masks for'each player, which are each constructed to alsofit within the playing card cavity. The masks are each L-shaped,generally flat pieces, which serve to cover all but the proper handindicia for each player. After one hand is played, each player utilizesthe masks to window the next consecutive hand to be playedby simpleremoving, flipping and replacing operations.

The FIGS. show two embodiments of the invention and represent the bestembodiments presently contemplated by the inventor.

FIGURES FIG. 1 is a perspective view of part of the apparatus of theinvention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a portion of FIG. 1; 1

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken from the line 3-3of FIG.1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the several indicia sheets of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the envelope of the invention and an indiciasheet of the invention is shown being partially drawn out of theenvelope; 7

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another game piece for showing thedealer-vulnerability relationship;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the apparatusemployed in the invention, shown in the operative position;

FIG. 8 is another perspective view'of the embodiment of FIG. 7, showingthe inoperative position of the apparatus; and

FIG. 9 is a series of figurative representations'of part of theapparatus of the invention, showing the sequence of opera- DESCRIPTIONReferring to the drawings, and particularly to FIGS. 4 and 5, indiciasheets 10, 11, 12 and 13 are shown stacked on top of one another. Thesesheets 10-13, constructed of paper or thin plastic, have imprintedthereon sets of hand indicia 14, 15, 16 and 17, which indicates inshorthand, playing cards of particular suits such as clubs, spades andthe like. Each indicia sheet 10-13 also has a letter 18 imprintedthereon, indicating the player to whom it belongs, shown in FIG 4 as Nfor North, E for East, S for South and W for West, as in the usualdesigna. tion for bridge players. j I

A fifth sheet, termed a match point sheet'l9, is shown, in partialextension from the inside of an envelope 20. Match point sheet 19 hassetsof indicia, termed scoring indicia 21, printed thereon. Scoringindicia2l arecorrelated to hand indicia sets l4-'-l7 in a mannerallowing match point sheet 19 to be used for scoring the play of thehands designated by indicia sets 14-17. More complete explanation of thecorrelated sets of indicia follows introduction of the other apparatusof the invention.

Referring now to FIG. 1, one-of four blinds or player stands 22 is shownin operational position for a bridge player, North. Four decks ofplaying cards 23, only one deck being shown, are included intheapparatus of the game,

Player stand 22 has a back 24 constructed of any suitable rigidmaterial, such as cardboard or plastic. Folding leaves 25 of similarmaterial are hinged in any suitable manner to the back 24. In FIG. 1,the manner of connecting leaves 25 is shown to be by accordion hinges26. l-Iinge's 26 allow leaves 25 to be folded over, parallel to back 24,serving as a cover or lid for player stand 22. 'I-Iinges 26 serve alsoto limit the swingof leaves 25, and when stand 22 is in the upright oroperative position leaves may be extended to the limit of their swingfor purposes of supporting stand 22 upright in a relatively stablemanner. 1

Included in player stand 22 is a series of four card pockets 27, eachadapted to hold one suit of 13 cards of one of the playing card decks23. Card pockets 27 can be constructed of material similar to the restof player stand 22 and can be attached thereto in any suitable manner;'or if preferred, pockets 27 may be an integral part of stand 22 andmanufactured into the stand by means of the same mold used to constructback 24.

Also, an integral feature of each player stand 22 is a sheet holder 28.This feature can be constructed in numerous ways, and is shown as beingdefined by two sidewalls 29 and bottom wall 30 to form a rectangularinset, open at the top, and having the inside surface of back 24 as itsbackwall 31. In a constructhickness, sheet holder 28 could simply beformed within back 24 as an inset.

Sheet holder 28 is adapted to receive one of the indicia sheets 10-13,shown in the figures as being sheet 10.

For purposes to be explained later, metal sheet 32 is provided on backwall 31 and as shown by FIGS. 2 and 3, is most advantageously set intoback 24 of stand 22 and is thus part of backwall 31. Wall 31 with sheet32 provides a planar backup surface for a sheet 10.

Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 5, the indicia on sheets 10- -13 will beexplained. Viewing sheet 10, dotted lines 33, 34, and 36 have been addedto the sheet for purposes of explanation. Lines 33 and 34 define aquadrant section of sheet 10 and lines 35 and 36 divide this quadrantitself into four quadrants, or sixteenth sections of sheet 10. It can beseen that :each sixteenth section so defined contains one set of indicia14, and similarly for the sheets 11, 12 and 13 and their correspondingsetsof indicia 15, 16 and 17. Each set, 14-17, has a hand-identifyingnumber indicated in the drawing by numeral 37, starting with the numeral1 and consecutively running to numeral 16.

Identifying numbers 37 serve to designate the bridge hand being playedand 16 hands are seen to be designated on the face side of sheet 10.Sheets 11-13 similarly have 16 hands, and each is, for purposes ofsimulating duplicate bridge, provided with additional hands, not shown,on their reverse sides.

Each set, 14-17 includes player card identifying indicia 38, which inusual bridge shorthand, designate 13 playing cards which make up oneplayers bridge hand, such as that for N. The other three players, E, S,and W, have their particular 13- card hands designated under thecorresponding hand-identifying numerals 37 imprinted on their indiciasheets l1, l2 and 13.

By prearrangement of the sets of indicia 14-17, a l3-sheet handdesignated by a number 37 on sheet 10 is correlated to the handsidentified by the identical number 37 on the other sheets 11-13, so asto designate a 52-card bridge hand among all four players. The hands sodesignated may be prearranged to correspond with hands which have beenplayed by experts and recorded, such as would result from duplicatebridge tournaments.

For the purposes of scoring the play of each designated hand, matchpoint sheet 19 has its scoring indicia 21 prearranged to correlate tothe hands designated by numerals 37 on sheets 10-13. Included thereforeare numerals 39 which designate the hand to which each set of scoringindicia 21 1 refers, and are consecutively ordered, running from 1 toany desired number. Several match point sheets 19 may be employed forthis large a number of indicia sets 21.

A variety of information could be included in sets 21, written in bridgeshorthand. Considered particularly advantageous by the inventor, is theshorthand shown in FIG. 5. Referring to the, first set 21, the left handcolumn 40 includes a number of scores 41 which are possible scores forplaying the first hand as designated by the indicia sets 14-17 on sheets111-13. Scores 41 are furnished by the game manufacturer by recordingscores for the identical hand played by experts at duplicate bridgetournaments.

Scores 41 are imprinted in a particular order, highest score 42appearing at the'top of column 40, and the remaining scores becominggenerally progressively loweruntil line 43 is reached. These scores 41represent plus scores for the North- South Pair. Beneath line 43 scores41 become generally progressively larger as the bottom of column 40 isapproached. These scores 41 represent minus scores for the North-SouthPair. A minus North-South score is the same as a plus East-West score onthe hand. a L

In the right-hand column 44 of indicia sets 21, match points 45 areprovided for each score 41. Highest score 42 will correspond to highestmatch point 46 and the match points 45 diminish to correspond to thediminishing scores 41. The points 45 printed on the card represent thepoints awarded to the North-South pair for play of the hand. If playresults highest score 42, North-South is awarded highest match point 46,shown as 12, and similarly the point awards are made for the otherscores 41 and match points 45. The points for East- West can bedetermined by subtracting the match point 45 awarded to North-South fromthe top match points 47 for the entire set of hands as shown separatelyon each match point sheet 19. Twelve match points, or a l 2 top," isapplicable on the illustrated hand. It can be seen that match pointsranging from 0 to 12, or some other designated range, can be awarded forboth pairs of bridge players for any particular hand. Match points 45are also figured by the manufacture on the basis of the hands as playedby tournament players. If by chance a score is obtained which is notrepresented by indicia 21, a simple guess or interpolation from theprinted scores sufficiently provides for the proper match point award.

To maintain the indicia 21 secret until after the hand or several handshave been played, the apparatus of the invention includes scalableenvelope 20, shown in FlG.'5, with match point sheet 19 extendingpartially therefrom. Flap 48 may be sealed to envelope 20 in a varietyof ways each of which upon opening the flap 48 preferrably involvesdestruction of the sealing means. This function is provided by tearableseal 49 secured to the envelope body 50. Attached to flap 48 toward itsleading edge 51 is the other torn half of seal 49, not shown.

Match point sheet 19 may be partially drawn from envelope 20 toselectively view the number of sets of match point indicia 21corresponding to the hands played.

Also included in sealed envelope 20 at the beginning of play are theindicia sheets 10-13. These are arranged in the envelope 20 so as toallow North to draw sheet 10 from the top, then passing envelope 20 toEast who draws sheet 11 from the top and so continuing until all fourplayers have drawn their respective indicia sheets 10-13. These sheetsare immediately placed in their respective sheet holders 28.

Another feature of the invention requires prearrangement or orderingnumbered sets of hand indicia 14-17 on indicia sheets 10-13.Particularly advantageous is the arrangement shown on sheet 10 of FIG.4. There, hand designations 37 start with numeral 1 in the uppermostleft-hand sixteenth section of sheet 10. The next highest threedesignations 37 are contained also in the upper left quadrant of sheet10, as defined by lines 33 and 34.

In any one quadrant of sheet 10, the consecutive hand the upper rightquadrant of sheet 10, thence four more higher numbered hands aredesignated by similarly arranged hand indicia sets 14 in the lower rightquadrant; and the last four sets 14 on the face of sheet 11) occupy thelower left quadrant. The remaining sets 14 are similarly arranged onsubsequent sheets or on the reverse side of sheet 10. For assuring easeof correlating the hand indicia 14-17, sheets -13 have identicalarrangements for the hands, as designated by numbers 37.

The aforesaid ordered arrangement makes possible the use of L-shapedmasks 52 and 53, of which a set of two is provided for each player.Masks52 and 53 are preferably constructed of a relatively rigidmaterial, such as plastic, so that the thickness may be relativelysmall. I

The lateral and longitudinal dimensions .of masks 52 correspond to thoseof sheet holders 28 and indicia sheets 10-13 in order to allow a mask 52to fit, for example, over sheet 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 andrelatively-snugly within the walls of sheet holder 28. Mask 52 has acutout portion 54, amountingto a quadrant of its otherwise rectangularshape, thus providing an L-shape. Small mask 53 is similarly L-shaped,

' having lateral and longitudinal dimensions allowing the mask to befitted relatively snugly within the confines of cutout portion 54 ofmask 52 and the walls of sheet holder 28.

Magnets 55 may be embedded within masks 52 and 53 so that smoothexternal surfaces of the masks remain. Instead of this construction,masks 52 and 53' may be manufactured otherwise to give them magneticcharacteristics. Magnets 55 interact with metal sheet 32 on the back 24of stand 22 to assist in holding masks 52 and 53 to sheet holder 28.

Mask 52 is constructed to correspond to the arrangement of indicia sets14 on sheet 10. When placed over sheet 10 in sheet holder'28, mask 52will cover all but one quadrant, and the four indicia sets 14 therein ofsheet 10. Mask 53, also constructed to correspond to the arrangement ofindicia sets 14, will, when placed into cutout portion 54 of 'mask 52,which is in position in sheet holder 28, serve to cover all theremaining part of sheet 10 except one-sixteenth section, and thereby theone set 14 of hand indicia.

Arrows 56 and 57 are severally on opposite faces of mask 52 asconvenient directions forsequential operation of the mask. Similarly,arrows 58and 59 provide this convenience for mask 53.

Referring to FIG. 9, a sequential flipping operation, as directed byarrows 56-59 is shown. The sequence is governed by the arrangement ofhand indicia sets 14-17 on corresponding sheets 10-13. In correlationwith said arrangement, as described herein, position 1 is shown in FIG.9a and the masks cover all but the indicia designated for hand number 1,as contained in the uppermost left-hand sixteenth section of any sheet10-13. i

To uncover the second bridge hand, designated by a number 37, small mask53 is revolved about the edge to which arrow 58 points, a nd slippedback into position within cutout portion 54 of large mask 52, as shownby FIG. 9b.

Arrow 59 now appears on the face, and directs the player to similarlyflip mask 53 about the designated edge to. uncover the third hand. Atthis point, shown in FIG. 90, the first arrow 523 reappears and directsthe edge about which mask 53 is flipped for purposes of uncovering thefourth hand, as shown in FIG. 9d.

The next four hands are made available to this sequential ummasking byflipping large mask 52 as directed by arrow 56, which, similar to arrow58, points to the edge about which the mask should be revolved. As shownby FIG. 9e, mask 52 when flipped to its second position and replaced,allows for the identical sequential operation on mask 53 which uncoveredconsecutively numbered hand indicia sets 14 in the previous quadrant ofcard 10.

Arrow 57 now appears on the face of mask 52, and directs the operationof the next sequence. Similarly, arrow 56 directs the flipping requiredfor uncovering the last quadrant on the face of sheet 10. In thismanner, each consecutive hand is revealed and all others are hidden,thus facilitating the construction various hands by each player.

For successful operation of the masks 52 and 53 above, the dimensions ofthe sixteenth ctions, designated by number 37, which contain theprintedand indicia 14, can be important. To assure that the repetit veflipping-operation will continue to mask all but one gm, p of cardindicia 14 without sections should be of uniform shape. The length ofthe sectionshould relate to the width in the proportion that the lengthof the sheets is to the width of the sheets. The masks should also beconstructed in accordance with the size and shape of the sectionsdesignated by numbers 37.

Also included for use in the game is a vulnerability-dealer indicator 60which has pointer arms 61, 62 and 63 for setting before each play asindicated by directions imprinted thereon. The arms are set before playof each hand begins. The pointer arms 61 and 62 will indicate whetherNorth-South, East-West, both, or neither are vulnerable. Pointer arm 63indicates who is dealer. Indicator 60 is operated in accordance withinstructions which correspond to the usual rules of contract bridge.

SECOND EMBODIMENT In place of the playing stand 22, a second embodimentis End member 68 is attached, as by glueor integrally by" means of themanufacturers molding, 't'o lid .67, between side wall extensions 69;Pins 70 extend between .wall extensions 69 and end member 68 to providea hinged connection for'lid .67 to case 64. Such pins might also be amolded part of 68 and/or 69. a I

The case 64 has lid 67 hinged thereto in a manner allowing its use as asupport base, as shown in FIG. 7. The swing of lid 67 is permitted to bemore than 270, starting from a closed position, and revolving about pin70 to the back of case 64. Positioning case 64 in a generally uprightstance, with lid 67 to the back and at the bottom, a convenient,supported hand .makeup sheet holder stand has been provided.

This embodiment, therefore, provides the advantages of sheet holder 28in player stand 22 in an inexpensive construction.

OPERATION OFINVENTION' Four playerstands 22, each with a set of masks 52and 53,

sheet holders 28 and a deck of playing cards 23 distributed by suitwithin pockets 27, is provided for one table of bridge players. Eachplayer takes a stand 22, unfolds it and stands it in operative position,asshown in FIG..1, making certain that the inside of the stand is facinghimself.

North player. then takes sealed envelope 20, which contains hand indiciasheets 10- 13 and match point sheet 19. He breaks seal 49, opens flap 48and draws'sheet 10 from the top of envelope 20; thence he passes theenvelope to East who draws sheet 11, and so forth for South and West.Each player places his sheet 10-13 in sheet holder 28, with the indiciaset I 14-17 designated by a number 37 as the first hand occupying theupper left corner, facing out. Having done this, masks 52 and 53 areplaced into position so as to expose only hand number 1. i

Then, drawing playing cards from the deck divided into the four suits intheir respective pockets 27 in accordance with folded and the bridgehandbid and played by. the normal rules of duplicate bridge.

As each trick is decided, the cards are kept separate from those of theother players, and scores for each hand are noted on individual tallysheets as is usually done in duplicate bridge. For another hand, theprocess is repeated, after having replaced the masks 52 as described.

Upon completion of a hand, or preferably a number of hands, as governedby the number of hands represented on the face of match point sheet 19,match point sheet 19 is drawn from envelop 20 and match point scoring isdone in accordance with the explanation of the match indicia 21described previously, Whenever play is completed, the pair with thelargest number of match points is the winner.

Thus, the invention provides an interesting game for one table ofduplicate bridge players, as well as apparatus for facilitatingconvenient play. Although the invention primarily relates to one tableduplicate bridge, it by no means is confined to only one table. Thisinvention can be used to great advantage for two, three, four, five, sixor more tables of duplicate bridge wherein the match point sheets 19 areused to determine pair or individual match point scores from handspreviously played in tournaments.

Various modes of carrying out the invention are contemplated as beingwithin the scope of the following claims particularly pointing out anddistinctly claiming the subject matter which is regarded as theinvention.

1 claim:

1. in a bridge game, for simulating the play of duplicate bridge by twopairs of players with regular playing cards:

first, second, third and fourth printed sheets of generally uniformshape, having thereon consecutively ordered card indicia setsdesignating playing cards, the indicia of each corresponding set in sumdesignating 52 different playing cards;

a fifth p'ri'n ted sheet, having consecutively ordered sets of scoringindicia thereon corresponding to each of said card indicia sets andhaving for each set of scoring indicia a set of comparing indiciadesignating alternative scores for playing cards designated by thecorresponding card indicia set, said scoring indicia designating apreselected score for each alternative comparing indicia, therebyenabling the players to compare the score from their play of the handwith the alternative scores of the corresponding scoring set forselecting a score to award each pair of players; and

a stand for use by each player and comprising:

a generally flat back member;

a folding member hinged to said back member and adapted to fold oversaid back member, and alternately to fold away from said back member toprovide support for the stand when it is placed in a generally uprightposition;

a pocket member on the back member, and beneath the folding member whenthe latter is folded over, said pocket member being adapted to hold adeck of playing cards in a manner maintaining separate each suit of 13cards thereof; and

an inset member attached to the back member and being of dimensions toreceive and support on the stand one of the printed sheets in a mannerfacing the indicia thereon toward the player.

2. In a bridge game, for simulating the play of duplicate bridge by twopairs of players with regular playing cards:

first, second, third and fourth printed sheets of generally uniformshape, having thereon consecutively ordered card indicia setsdesignating playing cards, the indicia of each corresponding set in sumdesignating 52 different playing cards;

a fifth printed sheet, having consecutively ordered sets of scoringindicia thereon corresponding to each of said card indicia sets andhaving for each set of scoring indicia a set of comparing indiciadesignating alternative scores for playing cards designated by thecorresponding card indicia set, said scoring indicia designating apreselected score for each alternative comparing indicia, therebyenabling the players to compare the score from their play of the handwith the alternative scores of the corresponding scoring set forselecting a score to award each pair of players; and

wherein: the first, second, third and fourth sheets are constructed ofrectangular areas; A I

the card indicia sets on said printed sheets, are consecutively orderedand identified in order. b.y the indicia thereon, and the indicia setsare arranged, thereon such that each set has one of said groups of itscard indicia occupying generally one-sixteenth section of each printedsheet, said sections being identified by designation of the indicia setto which the indicia group therein belongs and the correspondingsixteenth sections on all four printed sheets being identified asbelonging to the same indicia set;

each quadrant of each printed sheet contains four consecutively orderedand identified sixteenth sections, each section having a group ofindicia of a different set therein, and the first four sets being in afirst quadrant, the second four sets in a second quadrant, and the nexthigher ordered sets each contained by successive fours in the remainingquadrants;

A stand for each player, each said stand being constructed with a fiatback up surface corresponding in size and shape to a printed sheet, andhaving sheet support means with bottom and sidewalls extending about itsperiphery and toward the player from said flat portion when the stand isin the upright position; and

each stand includes a first removable large L-shaped mask correspondingin size and shape to 3 quadrants of said printed sheets; and a secondremovable small L-shaped mask corresponding in size and shape to threesixteenth sections in any quadrant of said printed sheets; said L-shaped masks being constructed so as to be received and held by thesheet support means; said L-shaped masks ble for the operating of thesmall L-shaped mask by a similar flipping operation being firstperformed on the.

large L-shaped mask.

3. The combination of claim 2, wherein:

the ordering of the identified sixteenth sections on the respectivesheets is such that the first set of indicia occupies the upperleft-hand corner sections of the respective sheets, the second setoccupies the upper right sections of the same quadrants, the third setoccupies the lower right sections of the same quadrants, the fourth setthe remaining sections of the same quadrants, this order being followedfor the next four sets and in the upper right quadrants of therespective sheets, and for the next eight sets successively in the lowerright quadrants and lower left quadrants of the respective sheets;

the L-shaped masks include designations thereon for the repetitiveoperations on the masks, said designations directing the manual removaland replacing operations performed on said masks to follow the orderingof the identified sixteenth sections; and

the sixteenth sections of each printed sheet being of identicalrectangular shape, the sections being generally,

restricted to the printed area of the sheets, and the section lengthsbeing related to the widths in the same proportion as the length of thetotal printed area of the sheet is to the width of the total printedarea of the sheet. 4. in a bridge game, for simulating the play ofduplicate bridge by two pairs of players with regular playing cards:

first, second, third and fourth printed sheets, having thereonconsecutively ordered card indicia sets designating playing cards, theindicia of each corresponding set in sum designating 52 differentplaying cards;

a fifth printed sheet, having consecutively ordered sets of scoringindicia thereon corresponding to each of said card indicia sets andhaving for each set of scoring indicia a set of comparing indiciadesignating alternative scores for playing cards designated bythecorresponding card indica set, said scoring indicia designating apreselected score for each alternative comparing indicia, therebyenabling the players to compare the score from their play of the handwith the alternative scores of the corresponding scoring set forselecting a score to award each pair of players; and

wherein the first, second, third and fourth printed sheets have smoothsurfaces; and

the game includes an envelope having a scalable open end and shaped tohold said printed sheets in a successive order with the first printedsheet being on top; and each said first four printed sheets having aplayer identifying indicia on an edge which is disposed at said open endto facilitate blind selection by the four players of their respectiveprinted sheets. i 5. In a bridge game, for simulating the play ofduplicate bridge by two pairs of players wi th regular playing cards:

first, second, third and fourth printed sheets of generally uniformshape, having thereon consecutively ordered card indicia setsdesignating playing cards, the indicia of each corresponding set in sumdesignating 52 different playing cards;

a fifth printed sheet, having consecutively ordered sets of scoringindicia thereon corresponding to each of said card indicia sets andhaving for each set of scoring indicia a set of comparing indiciadesignating alternative scores for playing cards designated by thecorresponding card indicia set, said scoring indicia designating apreselected score for each alternative comparing indicia, therebyenabling the players to compare the score from their play of the handwith the alternative scores of the corresponding scoring set forselecting a score to award each pair of players; and

a stand for each player, each said stand comprising a modified card casehaving a configuration corresponding to the shape of a printed sheet,the card case having a hinged lid which is swingable to the back of saidcase to support the case in :an upright position, the back of said casecomprising a sheet back up surface, and the sides of said casecomprising a sheet support means.

